Prescribing at the coalface in the era of antimicrobial resistance
Lillie, P.; Barlow, G.
Acute Medicine 7(1): 11-20
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1747-4884 PMID: 21607223 Document Number: 14227
Antimicrobial resistance is of increasing concern to patients, physicians and policy-makers alike. The challenge for the clinician at the coalface, however, is to avoid the undertreatment of seriously ill patients whilst minimising the evolution of antimicrobial resistance. Difficult decisions about the most appropriate antibiotic to prescribe can be supported by careful risk factor and prognostic assessment.
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